Looking northwest from the intersection of The Queensway, Roncesvalles Ave, Queen St W and King St W in Toronto’s Sunnyside and Parkdale neighbourhoods.
In the archive photo on the left is the TTC Roncesvalles Carhouse, a storage and maintenance facility for streetcars. Next to it is the Sunnyside Bus Terminal, which opened in the mid-1930s. Grey Coach Bus Lines operated out of the terminal; the building also featured the B & G Coffee Shop Milk Bar. On the right in the vintage photo is the Edgewater Hotel, which opened in 1939. In later years, the hotel became the Royal Princess, a Days Inn, and then Howard Johnson.
Today, the former bus terminal is a McDonald’s restaurant, and since 2020, the hotel has been Hotel Shelter in partnership with the City of Toronto.
Then and Now
SOURCE
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo:Library and Archives Canada
- Toronto City Directory courtesy of Toronto Public Library
